"The mind, freed from her weighty companion, roams at large through the regions of fancy; and at once conceives and invents, beautifies and illustrates, amplifies and adorns."
— Boyd, Hugh (1746-1794)
Author
Work Title
Place of Publication
Calcutta
Publisher
Printed by Joseph Cooper
Date
November 19, 1793
Metaphor
"The mind, freed from her weighty companion, roams at large through the regions of fancy; and at once conceives and invents, beautifies and illustrates, amplifies and adorns."
Metaphor in Context
The sensations of anticipated pleasure, are never felt with so much gratification as in our dreams; in our waking thoughts they excite joy, but in the still hour of slumber, they are productive of superlative happiness:--when awake many fortuitous circumstances may happen to perplex and discompose us; but when the body is laid asleep, and the mind disencumbered of its load, we think and act with additional force--nothing then obstructs our activity or retards our promised bliss.--The mind, freed from her weighty companion, roams at large through the regions of fancy; and at once conceives and invents, beautifies and illustrates, amplifies and adorns.
(p. 58)
(p. 58)
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Provenance
Searching in ECCO
Citation
At least 3 entries in ECCO and ESTC (1795, 1799).
See The Indian Observer. By the Late Hugh Boyd, Esq. and Others. Compiled by Mr. Bone. (Calcutta: Printed by Joseph Cooper, 1795). <Link to ESTC>
See The Indian Observer. By the Late Hugh Boyd, Esq. and Others. Compiled by Mr. Bone. (Calcutta: Printed by Joseph Cooper, 1795). <Link to ESTC>
Date of Entry
07/29/2014
